Holy Crap You People Are Demanding

Alright, everyone keeps saying more pics, so here some are. Everyone is doing well. Zac (we think that's how we're going to spell it) let Jess have about an hour off last night and slept with me. That ended when he started going after my nipple again. Not going to find anything there buddy. He really seems to be a pig, just eating all the time, but I guess he needs to do that to gain some weight. When he isn't eating he wants to sleep on Mommy's chest.

Today has actually been a big morning. Zac got circumcised (I refused to take part in that decision, so if he remembers it ever and gets mad, that's all on Jess). He also passed his hearing test, which we expected, because he has been responding to shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Jess is feeling a bit better and has been doing some laps around the floor with the lil' guy and she gets a shower later.

At some point today I also have to go home to let the pups smell Zac's blanket and also to wish Foster a happy birthday (he's 3 today). The Deeks said that Sierra was not being so nice on his birthday, because she ate his breakfast.

Anyways, here's what y'all want, more pictures.

He finally opened his eyes for a picture..."Blue Steel"
Notice that I am supporting his head and all...who'd have thunk I'd have known how to hold him right.
I must have confused him.
Jess pushing Zac on our walk around the floor (note, if you carry your baby and don't push them in the cart they will yell at you; guess who found that one out yesterday?)
Here's our little guy all wrapped up. We call him the "burrito"

1st Visitor and Family Photo Time

Everyone is doing well, but Zach (or do we spell it Zack or Zac? I'm not sure) is doing the best. He's sleeping. We keep forgetting to do that. He did well breast feeding last night (chowed down for like an hour) and has no problem making a mess of diapers. I know, yummy!

This morning while Jess was sleeping, I held him and he was looking all over the room to see what the heck was going on. He held his eyes open long enough for me to figure out he has steel blue eyes (or "Blue Steel" for the Derek Zoolander fans). Right now he is taking a nap on his Mommy.

He also had his 1st visitor this morning. Elaine stayed at the house last night to watch the pups and then brought us a charger for our Treos, one of the things we forgot to grab on our way out the door. I'm sure she was happy to be the 1st visitor and he didn't mind it at all.
We also put Elaine to work taking a few family photos. Here's another one.
Alright my turn to hold him, so laptop is going down.

Mom & Baby United

So Jess is back from recovery. Long story short, she had to have a C-section after 2.5 hours of pushing and a stubborn baby that wasn't moving along (maybe he's just lazy). C-section wasn't straight forward either. They brought me in and realized she wasn't numb, so they shipped me out, put and put her under general. Yeah, the epidural wasn't in right, so she pretty much went through the day with minimal assistance.

I was freaking out (as the grandparents heard), but jumped up when I heard his first yell. Finally, they let me hold him and go to the nursery with him, but Jess had to go to the recovery room and I couldn't see her until she came back downstairs.

She is still in pain still, but so happy to see Zachary Lee Goslin (I don't think anyone voted for that name). He got his 1st bath so he was clean for her. He was not a fan, as his grandmothers found out when he was crying into the phone.

Right now he is sleeping on her, and I'm trying to convince her to get some rest too since she's been through a lot. Actually I think all 3 of us will take a little nap now. Goodnight!
PS - He's 20.5 inches long...I finally found out.

He's Here!!!

So Jess had a rough go at it and is in recovery room. Can explain later. Here he is though.

Born: 04/30/2008 @ 10:35pm PDT
Weight: 7 pounds, 12 ounces
Size: No one has told me yet
Name: To be announced later...

All smiles now...
Pics of Jess and the fam (and a name) come later.

It's Almost Go Time

So Jess just got examined again and I was wrong. This kid is going to be born today, not in the middle of the night on May 1st. She's 10cm dilated and he's in the +1 position. The doctor said she will start pushing at 6pm and Jess should get some rest. Problem is she is really scared and kind of freaking out. Hopefully Mare said something to help calm her down.

All I know if she thinks she is scared and freaking out, what the hell am I? I'm a mess. Shhhh...don't tell her until after she's done.

Alright, on a lighter note...still no name. Then again we haven't been discussing in a while. I think we're both ignoring it in hopes that the other picks our choice.

Wish us luck and we'll have more to say after he's born.

Mid Day Update - Things Are Moving...

...Just seems like they are slower. Jess says she can barely feel the contractions and thought that they may have stopped (epidurals are known to slow things down we hear).

Just had a check up though and she's up to 6cm, so they will come back and check again in a couple hours. I'm not going to lie, the doc freaked me out when she said she touched the head.

Seriously, with Jess on the epidural, it's pretty boring just waiting around here. I mean if you're going to come out early kid, get a move on. I've cruising ESPN biding time while she was resting.

So still no name. I've been pushing to let fate decide. I've proposed 3 options:
1) Rock-paper-scissors
2) Even/odds
3) Put each of our top 2 picks in a hat to and picking one out

So this made me laugh...stick figure on the bed is pregnant.

He's Early!

Special Guest Blogger - Jeff

So this morning I was downstairs waiting on a call and Jess hollered to me. I responded, heard nothing back and figured she was just checking to see if I was still home. Came up to get dressed for work and she was out of bed and in the shower well before her normal wake-up time (it was about 10 to 8). I was about ready to head out when Jess came out of the shower and said she woke up because her water broke (at 7:45am). What?!?!

So we were both confused and had no idea what to do. I said I should probably work from home today rather than going to the office. Didn't even cross my mind we should head to the hospital STAT, because baby prep class made me feel like we had a good half day before anything would happen. Jess called the hospital and they said come on in to get checked out. We were moving in slow motion getting out of the house in no hurry. Told the carpenter we were going to have the baby and good luck with the rest of the crown molding and base boards.

On the way here, we called the Deeks to see if they would help with the pups tonight and called the contractor to say we couldn't meet him at the house at 1. I texted a bunch of people to let them know baby was coming. I liked the responses from my jack ass friends that she would have to hold her legs shut until May 5th. To answer your question, no they won't be able to keep him in for 5 days (I mean, not that I asked...).

At the hospital, they ran some tests and kind of made it sound like it may have been a false alarm. When the results came back, they said we were staying and she was moving right into active labor like clockwork (which apparently is rare).

She at 4.5cm now (needs to get to 10 before he comes out) and baby is getting lower (-2 now). Next check up will be in a couple hours. Pain started getting worse so she ordered up the epidural (got it at 11:45am), which I fortunately was not in the room to see (had to go grab lunch and besides me passing out would have been a bad thing). She's much more comfortable, so now we're debating names...still can't agree. Also, I think she's going miss her scheduled 2pm doctors appointment today.